Letters of recommendation for drawing master position, 1836-1864.

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Letters of recommendation for drawing master position, 1836-1864.

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The collection consists of five letters of recommendation, 1836, to the directors of the East India Company supporting James Stark for the position of drawing master at Addiscombe Military Seminary administered by the company's Political and Military Committee. Artists recommending Stark include Edwin Landseer, Charles R. Leslie, Thomas Phillips, Clarkson Stanfield, and David Wilkie. Stark also received letters from A.W. Callcott, E.W. Cooke, and William Evans concerning his candidacy. In two letters William Collins writes about the deaths of his mother-in-law and David Wilkie. Stark writes to E.W. Cooke, 23 November 1848, about painting, exhibitions, business, and family. E.W. Cooke writes to Rev. F.W. Gray, 15 July 1864, recommending Stark's son, Arthur James, for a drawing master position.

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Cooke, Edward William, 1811-1880

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Painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : the Ferns, to Mr. Bicknell, Monday. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527868 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Mr. Bicknell, May 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270528670 English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Groombridge, Sussex, to an unidentified woman, 1869 Apr. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270877344 The marine painter Edward Wil...

Evans, William, 1809-1858

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Stark, James, 1794-1859

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James Stark was a British landscape painter. He entered the Royal Academy in 1817 and exhibited his paintings with the Norwich Society of Artists (as a member since 1812). He worked in London from sometime after 1827 to 1839, in Windsor (1839-1849), and in London again until his death. From the description of Letters of recommendation for drawing master position, 1836-1864. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38128275 ...

Gray, F. W., Rev,

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Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873

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English artist noted for his depictions of animals and as a sculptor for the lions in Trafalgar Square, London.Thomas Boys was a English engraver and artist. From the description of [Letter] 1817 Apr., St. Johns Wood [to] Thos. Boys / E. Landseer. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244252355 English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "St. John's Wood" [London], to Catherine Dickens, 1856 June 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270597964 ...

Collins, William, 1788-1847

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Auditor general. From the description of Document signed : [London], 1647 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270889736 English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 30 Porchester Terrace, to Edwin Landseer, 1834 Jun. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270514545 English painter; father of Wilkie Collins. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to Sir David Wilkie, 1837 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Addiscombe Military Seminary.

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Phillips, Thomas, 1770-1845

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Portrait painter. From the description of Letter, 1842. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81797662 Dudley, Warwicks 1770-1845 London. From the description of Miniature of James Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) [painting]. [ca. 1810-1820] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906526 The English portrait painter Thomas Phillips was born in 1770. He left school at age 13 to be apprenticed to a glass painter in Birmingham. In 1790 he moved to London to study...

Stark, Arthur James.

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Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859

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Epithet: RA; of Add MS 42576 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x00034a Anglo-American painter. From the description of ALsS : 1814-1852. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617150 British painter. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1829-1858. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81331228 Epithet: RA; of Egerton MS 2075 ...

East India Company

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The East India Company (formally called the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies (1600-1708) and the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies (1708-1873)), was an English company formed for the exploitation of the spice trade in East and Southeast Asia and India. It was incorporated by Royal Charter in December 1600. From the guide to the East India Company, 1647, 1647, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...

Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793-1867

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to [Dom?], 1834 Feb. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747711882 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead [London], to "My dear Knight", 1860 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574776 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to George Clint, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575076 From the description of Autograph let...

Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841

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Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841) was a Scottish painter who was appointed painter in ordinary in 1830 and received a knighthood in 1836. For full details of his life and work see the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Correspondence of Sir David Wilkie, with related material, ca. 1806-1849, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) Sir David Wilkie was a painter born in 1785. He was educated under John Strachan, studied in Edinburgh, 1799-1804. He came to London in...

Callcott, Augustus Wall, 1779-1844

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Born in Kensington, 1779; student of the Royal Academy, and began to paint portraits under John Hoppner, successfully exhibiting a portrait of Miss Roberts at the Royal Academy, 1799; his preference at this time was for landscapes, and after 1804 exhibited only these for a number of years; elected an associate member of the Royal Academy, 1806; elected a full member of the Royal Academy, 1810; married Maria Graham, a well-known author of the day, and visited Europe (including Italy for the first...